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2024-07-17 08:12:00 ET Summary Geopolitical conflicts are multiplying, and the spectre of recession is omnipresent in Europe and the United States. We’re in the early stages of an AI revolution, and investment spend on everything related to its buildout is at levels not see...

2024-07-17 07:02:00 ET Summary Unless the Chinese government introduces major structural economic reforms that encourage domestic consumer spending, China could experience a Japanese-style lost economic decade. That could have major consequences for the world economic outlook give...

2024-07-17 02:32:41 ET The Asia-Pacific equity market were mostly in red on Wednesday as investors absorbed President Xi Jinping’s recent address at the Third Plenum, and yen remains on intervention watch. ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For furt...

2024-07-16 03:57:25 ET The Asia-Pacific equity market was mixed on Tuesday as investors weighed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's dovish remarks on rate cuts, which boosted Wall Street overnight.... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: Asia-Pac...

2024-07-15 07:59:00 ET Summary China's GDP growth in 2Q24 fell to 4.7% YoY, below expectations, with the property sector and consumption continuing to drag on growth. Property prices continued to decline in June, but signs of stabilization in key cities indicate support measures a...

2024-07-15 03:04:31 ET The Asia-Pacific equity market were mixed on Monday after fresh data showed the Chinese economy grew less than expected in Q2 of 2024 amid mounting internal and external headwinds, and the market participants were also nervous following an ass...

2024-07-15 01:27:29 ET China's retail sales rose by 2% year-on-year in June 2024, falling short of market forecasts of 3.3% and notably slowing from a 3.7% gain in the previous month, marking the 17th consecutive month of growth in retail trade, albeit the softest in the sequence.... ...

2024-07-15 01:00:49 ET The official data showed that China’s economy expanded 4.7% in the second quarter from a year ago, lower than the 5.3% seen in the previous quarter and missing expectations for a 5.1% growth.... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For furthe...

2024-07-13 05:20:00 ET Summary Emerging market capital flows have remained largely resilient in the face of global monetary tightening, even as global capital flows have fallen. We know that rapid monetary tightening in the US and a strong dollar can lead to sudden capital flight ...

2024-07-12 03:07:47 ET The Asia-Pacific equity market was mostly higher on Friday as investors absorbed the latest economic data from China, and also investors weighed mixed signals on Wall Street in the wake of a cooler-than-expected US inflation report.... Read the full ar...